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# Principal Performance Modeling Engineer

- **Company:** Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $188,160.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software Applications, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Computer Programming, Computer Engineering, Data Centers, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, CPU Design, Information Technology
- **Published:** July 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/17444102?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F17444102%2FPrincipal-Performance-Modeling-Engineer-California-Santa-Clara

## About the Role

* Experience with GPU, CPU or computer system microarchitecture
 * Experience with the development and usage of computer system performance models
 * Experience with computer workload analysis
 * Strong programming skills, including experience with C++ and Python (or similar)

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE:

 * PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related field of study + 5 years of experience.
 * MS in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related field of study plus 8 years of experience as a Computer Architect, Design Engineer, or in a closely related processor design role
 * Bachelors plus 12 years of relevant experience.

Academic Credentials:

 * Bachelors, Masters, or PhD degree in Electrical Engineer, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a closely related field
 * Masters or PhD with emphasis on Computer Architecture performance studies preferred

## Description

Architect, Analyze and optimize high-performance SoCs for Cloud computing, and machine learning acceleration. Propose solutions to enhance performance and optimize power. Explore, analyze and optimize next-generation data center systems.

The Person:

Do you seek the most sophisticated challenges in the computing industry? As a passionate system performance architect on our design engineering team, you will propose and implement solutions to our next generation GPU SoC and data center system application performance issues., * Serve as a Performance Architect in AMD's electronics design engineering team.

 * Participate in microarchitecture exploration, performance modeling, and analysis for next-generation GPU and data center systems.
 * Intimately understand design architecture and propose solutions to enhance performance
 * Responsible for micro-benchmarking, workload characterization, competitive analysis, bottleneck identification, and optimization.
 * Develop tools and methodology for performance analysis of workloads.
 * Communicate, propose, and implement solutions to processor and system performance issues., AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD's "Responsible AI Policy" is available here.


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